@Alex...thanks for the Earthday wishes.  Your playing is coming along.  I suggest that you go back and listen to the original version as well as my version, then play the licks...

@Corey...here's my attempt with keep your lamp...I started doing the melody, then I ad the bass, after the voice....and the ending is my joyfull "tribute" to BWJ :))) Happy...

@Mike...yes it is coming along.  Pay attention to controlling your slide and use the vibrato more.  Also focus on the notes in the line and make sure they are the same notes I am...

@Corey....I have a friend down in Sardinia who's a liuther...When I come back there I will ask him some help...anyway, I have another guitar whose action is much more higher than...

@Mike....This is great!!!! :)) Now your sound is so much full!!!!:)))))

Hi Corey .. really enjoying this song .. thanks!  Here's a video of where I am.  I got the thumb and melody working together (most of the time).  Now I'm on to phrasing, lighter...

@Alex...one more thing.  If you know anyone who has a machine shop and can work with metal, you might want to go look for some old brass pipe (from an old house) and then have them...

@Alex...Yes, you can carefully remove the nut by gently tapping it loose.  Then you can reglue it once you have used the matchbook to add the height.  If this makes you nervous...

Love it.  Beautiful chords and voicings.  Playing it just makes me happy.  Great way to unwind after a long day!

You're welcome Roger!

Duke, thanks so much for this these lessons. I like the others have struggled with this tune for many years. What a joy is is to FINALLY play it correctly. I'm having some...

@Corey....Here's my latest attempt with cc pill....I think I'm still having problems with the bass lines but to be honest I haven't practiced a lot during these days!!^__^  I'm...

@Corey..I misunderstood your precedent message about the nut.....I have two guitars..In both of them I can't remove the nut because it's attached to guitar neck!!!!...Should I do...

Cool Steve, glad you like it.

Very cool.  I too copped this about 25 years ago and have been doing the triads and double stops slightly different.  This sounds more rich and full.  Can't wait to work through...

Your welcome Slim!

Wow!  Mystery solved.  I've been listening to that for about 25 years.  I think the simplicity and economy of your arrangement is a huge lesson.  Thank you so much, Duke. Slim

@Alex...one more thing about the action.  I'm not saying that you should do anything to the trussrod, but just the nut that holds the strings at the headstock (top) of the guitar...

@Alex...the whole story of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil is completely untrue.  It was invented by white journalists decades after he had died.  Eight months?  I...

@Mike...that is much better.  I can hear the lighter touch.  I think you only need to work on the phrasing of the slide.  You can listen to my version here or just go back to Blind...

Duke I have to go to New Orleans soon on a business trip. Any recommendations on clubs or local musicians I should tap into while there? Thanks! Steve PS: anyone else please...

I always thought Duke's Blues was written with Duke Ellington's inspiration in mind, but after many years of loving the song, I discovered that in 1952, (Ellington sideman) Johnny...

this song does it for me.  It is the song that stopped me in my tracks, and still does to this day.  I found this song in a used record store in the mid 80's.  I think it was on a...

Mike 1. Yes, I have internet access where I practice.  Wireless.  I think the majority of people that have internet have wireless in their home, or will 2. When I seriously...

Hi Steve Really appreciate your thoughts on how you use the iPad to practice and learn music!  I am currently thinking about an iPad / iPhone / Android application.  The first...

"Diddy Wah Diddy" by Blind Blake,  "I Want to Hold Your Hand"-Beatles, "One O'Clock Jump"-Basie, "Midnight Rambler"-Stones, "Sweet Sixteen"-B.B. King, "Hideaway"-Freddy King...

Hey Now Baby ... Professor Longhair The rhythm totally infected me ... in a good way!  I love the way he moves around the beat.  I believe it's Clarence Gatemouth Brown on guitar....